luxmy gopal, bbc news.f commons and previously tory mp john bercow says he has switched allegiance to join labour. he said the government "needs to be replaced" and sir keir starmer�*s party "is the only vehicle that can achieve that objective". the government says his move isn't a surprise and it's continuing to pursue an ambitious agenda. this is bbc news. the headlines: protests have been taking place in brazil against the president's handling of the pandemic as the country passes 500,000 covid deaths. the us says it will continue negotiating with iran to revive the international nuclear deal following the election of the hardline cleric ebrahim raisi as the next iranian president. let's stay with that story. earlier, i spoke to professor abbas milani, director of the iranian studies programme at stanford university. i asked him where he thought we were with the iran nuclear deal now. i think it's under way towards the resolution. i think the iranian regime, in spite of its bombast, clearly needs to make

luxmy gopal, bbc news.lso known as the �*group of death', playing matches. in a surprise result hungary held the world champions, france, to a draw, while in munich the defending european champions, portugal, were beaten by germany in a six goal thriller. joe lynskey reports. this was euro 2020's heavyweight saturday. four previous winners, all with superstar players, and portugal have one man who thrives on this stage. and there is ronaldo! this is cristiano ronaldo's 12 goal at a euros, and his first was 17 years ago. germany have started slowly, but in four first—half minutes their tournament came to life. through two own goals. suddenly, they lead. and, by the second half, they looked their old selves, and with this 11—2 win in munich, hopes will rise and once again, germany are contenders. few gave hungary a chance against france, but in budapest, they had the noise behind them. goodness me! the world champions are behind! attila fiola's goal stirred 60,000 fans, and nearly broke a table. it would have

luxmy gopal, bbc news. with all the sport now, here's chetan pathak at the bbc sport centre. the spotlight shifts to wales who take on italy tomorrow in the european championship. their toughest test so far of the group stage. from rome, hywel griffith reports. italian football is having a renaissance. the national team has played 29 games without a loss. to beat the azzurri here will require, well, an olympic effort. it is another brilliant ball and it is in this time. wales arrived buoyed by wednesday's 2—0 win against turkey. the result means they are almost guaranteed a place in the next round, but they haven't come to rome to relax. we still have the mentality we want to try and win the group, we want to win the game. yes, i think that is the best way to approach this and we will be doing all we can to do that. the players know the atmosphere in the stadium will be intense, intimidating, with only a few hundred welsh fans to cheer them on. thousands more have stayed at home, heeding the official advice not to travel because of the pandemic. those who have made the journe

our correspondent luxmy gopal reports.fter all, you can't do social distancing in a mosh pit. the download festival pilot is a huge stepping up of the government's testing of live events. three days long, with capacity for 10,000 happy campers. to be back here isjust... it's incredible. i will go through every guideline and jump through every hoop they want me to to get back here like this. live festivals are basically all i do with my spare time, and live music, so it isjust incredible to be able to be here again and experience that. strict measures are in place to allow this level of freedom at the site. the event will help guide government policy. people are going to be living on site so we are going to understand that kind of living and socialising interaction and also, we are going to have a large—scale stage type event and be able to look at the science and understanding of things like the mosh pits. we do the maximum in our power at events to reduce the risk. i think the question for the future is the one that you a

luxmy gopal, bbc news.eaming is proving popular in newcastle. it's one of a number of unorthodox techniques being used to help support frontline workers suffering from pandemic fatigue. megan paterson has been finding out more. music: children of the night by nakatomi. let's go. in a secluded corner of this gateshead park, nhs key workers are letting out the tension built up over the pandemic months. physically exhausted. er... when i go home, i can't even talk about work. i just like to switch off. so it's been nice todayjust to get away from all the pressures at work, to take time for myself — which i haven't done for i don't know how long. keep doing your chanting — it doesn't matter if it sounds ridiculous! the one—day respite sessions organised by the peer—run recoco mental health charity offer a chance to shout, dance and drum away stress. some of the activities and exercises you'll have seen that we're doing, they look a bit daft, you know, but it works! it helps people kind of shake stuff off. it he

luxmy gopal, bbc news. in a london park. danyal hussein is accused of stabbing 27—year—old nicole smallman and bibaa henry, who was 46, injune last year. the court was told the teenager had made a pact with the devil promising to sacrifice" women in exchange for winning the lottery. he denies the murder charges. june kelly has more. last weekend, mina smallman and her family had to face the first anniversary of the deaths of her two daughters. today they came to the old bailey to see a teenager go on trial accused of killing them both. bibaa henry, on the left, died within hours of celebrating her 46th birthday outside in a park during lockdown. her younger sister, nicole smallman, who was 27, was murdered beside her. their bodies were discovered with their limbs intertwined. in the dock was 19—year—old danyal hussein. he was arrested last summer a few months after his 18th birthday. he denies murdering the two women. the prosecutor, 0liver glasgow qc, told the jury that when the defendant's bedroom was sea

luxmy gopal, bbc news. time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello again.rs in scotland, but my attention is now turning to the south, where we started to see some big thunderstorms break out again and these are going to be pushing northwards. the rain will be quite extensive, quite heavy with some thunder mixed in across south—east england, anywhere really from the isle of wight and hampshire eastwards, into east anglia too. now, the heaviest rain could bring some localised surface water flooding, especially given how wet the weather has been over recent days. there will be some showers developing further west for south—west england and wales as well. temperatures overnight 10—14. tomorrow, this rain pulls away from eastern areas of england, then we will be left with a lot of cloud across the country again. showers in scotland developing through the afternoon, this time there will be one or two in northern ireland as well, and although most of us will keep the cloud all day, there will be some sunshine across northern ireland, north—west england, and the n

luxmy gopal, bbc news.ur shores. back into gear. the rain returns to ourshores. more back into gear. the rain returns to our shores. more to come tonight. across england and wales, get ready for more in the way of heavy rain at times. if you like to because god at the moment. they will fade away. the rain here moving up from france. some of the heaviest could be across kent, norfolk... thunderstorm is not out of question. if you have your burst elsewhere but for most it will come and go to the night was top scot in the northern ireland, some of the dry conditions, not as chilly as last night but the best of the morning practice tomorrow. england and wales largely cloudy, damp —— clearing into the north sea. cloudy for many, best descent into the south coast and in northern england motor. showers into scotland and northern ireland later, sunshine here. down the eastern coast, you will notice more of a breeze coming in of the north sea, making it feel to think the chili. last week we were up to 25 degrees, th

crowd is smaller and all those attending have had to have a negative covid te5t. 0ur correspondent luxmy gopalkstage at download. it is a much smaller festival than usual but it is hugely scaled up from the government's previous cove act—macro pilot te5t event5. up to 10,000 people are camping for three days, with no social distancing and no ma5k5 required. and it also hosts the first illegal mo5h pit since the pandemic began in what is possibly the closest return to normality yet. they seem like scenes from pre—pandemic time5, rather than just this weekend. no masks and no keeping two metres apart. after all, you can't do social distancing in a mo5h pit. the download festival pilot is a huge stepping up of the government's testing of live events. three days long, with capacity for 10,000 happy camper5. to be back here isju5t... it's incredible. i will go through every guideline and jump through every hoop they want me to to get back here like this. live festivals are basically all i do with my spare time, and live music, so it isjust incredible to be able to be here again and experience that.

luxmy gopal, bbc news.n hospital in a stable condition. you should not have to face that hate in your community, in your country. we can and we will act. we can and we will choose a better way. when someone hurts any of us, when someone targets any parent or child or grandparent, we must all stand together and say no. no to hatred and to islamophobia, note to terror and to islamophobia, note to terror and to islamophobia, note to terror and to racism. the economic potential of 1.8 billion young people around the world risks being thrown away if leaders don't take the opportunity to deliver better skills and jobs — that's according to the world bank. they say those under 25 have borne the brunt ofjob and wage cuts as a result of the pandemic and costly lockdowns. our global trade correspondent dharshini david reports. sun, sand, and one of the highest youth unemployment rates in europe. it's notjust tourism in cadiz in southern spain that's been hit by covid, but also the shipbuilding and aviation industry.

our reporter luxmy gopal has been to see an open water swimming group at the royal docks in east londonwater swimming has increased in popularity during the pandemic. organisations are worried there could be an increase in the number of people drowning this summer. more than 350 people died to accidental drowning each year in the uk and there is a campaign to try to educate people in water safety this summer. rick, if you could talk us through, we have men in the water, let's assume he is finding himself in difficulty in the water. what would you do? our life guard spotted the casualty who is in trouble and has done a throw rope rescue. he is pulling him to the side, then he will comfort him and get him out of the water safely. if somebody finds themselves in that situation, what should they do? if they are on their own, they should stop moving, lay on their back, float and acclimatised to the cold water, otherwise they will get cold water shock. a lot of people make the mistake of following somebody into the water to try to save them. that is the last thing they should ever do, because

luxmy gopal, bbc news. a marriage on the basis of lack of capacity that also extends to duress, they are also extends to duress, they are also grounds you struggle to dispute when a party has died and wants a marriage takes place the is revoked and the problems people face is the rights they have to set aside that marriage after one party has died and a natural consequence is that the wheelbase and that predator can take the majority if not all of the estate —— the will goes. hadi take the majority if not all of the estate -- the will goes. hadi prix that? it would _ estate -- the will goes. hadi prix that? it would come _ estate -- the will goes. hadi prix that? it would come down - estate -- the will goes. hadi prix that? it would come down to i estate -- the will goes. hadi prix i that? it would come down to medical evidence about _ that? it would come down to medical evidence about capacity _ that? it would come down to medical evidence about capacity or _ that? it would come down to medical evidence ab

luxmy gopal has more they seem like scenes from pre—pandemic times rather than just this weekend — nod festival pilot is a huge stepping up of the government's testing of live events — three days long, with capacity for 10,000 happy campers. to be back here, it's just incredible. i'll go through every guideline and jump through every hoop they want me to to get back here like this. live festivals are basically all i do with my spare time, and live music, so it'sjust incredible to be able to be here again and experience that. oh, i'm so excited for it. it's been so long since we've been |able to socialise properly and see| people and make new friends. strict measures are in place to allow this level of freedom at the site, and what has been called the first moshing since covid. the event will help guide government policy. people are going to be living on site so we're going to understand that kind of living and socialising interaction, and also we're going to have large—scale stage—type events, and understand the science of things like the mosh pits. but with a recent rise in the covid

luxmy gopal, bbc news.liver better skills and jobs — that's according to the world bank. they say those under 25 have borne the brunt ofjob and wage cuts as a result of the pandemic and costly lockdowns. our global trade correspondent dharshini david reports sun, sand, and one of the highest youth unemployment rates in europe. it's notjust tourism in cadiz in southern spain that's been hit by covid, but also the shipbuilding and aviation industry. and so the job prospects of engineering graduate, carmen. there aren't manyjobs right now. at least here in cadiz. most of my friends are really frustrated. the onlyjobs that they are required for are internships, so most of them are angry and frustrated because they have been working already. they have a bit of experience. and they are still required to be paid less and to work in worse conditions. her professor says a lack of opportunities predates covid. provoking many to leave the province. translation: ideally they should finish their studying here, - work he

well today it was up for auction, as luxmy gopal reports.y 19805 there. the mark 3 ghia was a gift from prince charles shortly after their engagement. she'd watch him play polo from it. and on the bonnet was a playful symbol of their relationship. this little fellow, he is a replica of a gift from lady sarah spencer, the sister of princess diana, and he harks back to the kids' fairy tale, the frog prince, in which a beautiful girl kisses a frog and he turns into a prince. diana moved to this car from a mini metro, which was a car that she owned. of course, the mini metro was a fairly cheap car back in the day. and this was an escort. it's the ghia model, which is the most expensive model, the highest trim model. bit of a step up, if i'm honest. the ford fleet, if you like, of cars was used by the royal family for many years. diana had a succession of, this was the first of three escorts that she had of differing types. the car's current owner kept its royal connection a secret for the past 20 years. nine careful owners, relatively low mileag

luxmy gopal reports.d he harks back to the kids' fairy tale, the frog prince, in which a beautiful girl kisses a frog and he turns into a prince. diana moved to this car from a mini metro, which was a car that she owned. of course, the mini metro was a fairly cheap car back in the day. and this was an escort. it's the ghia model, which is the most expensive model, the highest street model. bit of a step up, if i'm honest. the old fleet, if you like, of cars was used by the royal family for many years. diana had a succession of these. this was the first of three escorts that she had at different times. for the past 20 years the car's current owner kept its origins a secret. now, thanks to its royal connection, it's expected to fetch ten times what this model normally would at auction. nine careful owners, relatively low mileage given its age, and bidding begins at £30,000. and we've had inquiries from south america, from australia, from all around europe. there's been significant interest in it. and really

well today it was up for auction, as luxmy gopal reports.erior, very 1980's there. the mark iii ghia was a gift from prince charles shortly after their engagement. she'd watch him play polo from it. and on the bonnet was a playful symbol of their relationship. this little fellow, he is a replica of a gift from lady sarah spencer, the sister of princess diana, and he harks back to the kids' fairy tale, the frog prince, in which a beautiful girl kisses a frog and he turns into a prince. diana moved to this car from a mini metro, which was a car that she owned. of course, the mini metro was a fairly cheap car back in the day. and this was an escort. it's the ghia model, which is the most expensive model, the highest street model. bit of a step up, if i'm honest. the ford fleet, if you like, of cars was used by the royal family for many years. diana had a succession of these. this was the first of three escorts that she had at different times. the car's current owner kept its origins a secret. nine careful owners, relatively low mileage given it

today it was up for auction, as luxmy gopal reports. kept its origins a secret. nine careful owners, relatively low mileage given its age, and bidding begins at £30,000. and we've had inquiries from south america, from australia, from all around europe. there's been significant interest in it. and really, that's testament to diana's enduring legacy. and as you quite rightly say, items with a connection to her, you know, have a great cachet for collectors. exceeding expectations, her car has sold the over £a5,000. diana, even if she was still alive would have commanded the interest because there is no one like her. she was fantastic for the public morale and everything like that. she was the most beautiful woman. while the marriage between charles and diana would remembered for its difficulties and divorce, this was a gift given from a prince to a future princess given in the early days of their romance. just a few minutes now until kick—off in england's big last—16 game against germany in euro 2020. let's go live to wembley and see what

luxmy gopal, bbc news.ories, people have very bravely shared them with us so thank you. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm sonja jessup. senior health officials and politicians, along with faith and business leaders, are meeting later for talks over how to persuade more londoners to have the covid vaccine. today's summit is looking at ways to boost wakeup today's summit is looking at ways to boost takeup ahead of plans to ease restrictions on july 19th. the mayor has said vaccination rates in parts of london are still lagging behind other areas of the country. meanwhile, arsenalfans are being offered a tour of the emirates stadium if they go and get theirjab there. there's a four—day event at the club from today till monday for anyone over 18 who has not yet had a first dose of the covid vaccine. fans are being told they'll throw in a free behind—the—scenes tour to those who come down. a school in essex has been fined thousands of pounds after a nine—year—old boy w

our correspondent luxmy gopal is there. luxmy what's the mood like?,000 people. it is an amazing step into the future, or should i say the past, because it is looking at how we can do these things without social distancing, no masks, and it meant that music fans here could have a real taste of what festivals were like about two years ago. they seem like scenes from pre—pandemic times rather than just this weekend — no masks and no keeping two metres apart. after all, you can't do social distancing in a mosh pit! the download festival pilot is a huge stepping up of the government's testing of live events — three days long, with capacity for 10,000 happy campers. to be back here, it's just incredible. i'll go through every guideline and jump through every hoop they want me to to get back here like this. live festivals are basically all i do with my spare time, and live music, so it'sjust incredible to be able to be here again and experience that. oh, i'm so excited for it. it's been so long since we've been lable to socialise properly and see| people an

launching a fundrising drive today — to coincide with the first anniversary of the singer's death, as luxmy gopal an amphitheatre for live events in an area called the western heights, with artwork by a sculptor whose designs have previously caught her critical eye. what was lovely about dame vera was that she pulled no punches when she was criticising and commenting on my work. and, in fact, one moment in particular stands out where she looked at my supposedly female ferry pilot and she said, "she's far too masculine to be a female ferry pilot. "we were very glamorous during the war" and i felt obliged to change the modelling on the face there and then to meet dame vera's high standards. as well as a statue of her likeness, there are to be vignettes to commemorate her life. there's a rather epic story to tell about her, and i think that the memorial for future generations would be appreciated even more if one could see some of the colour and some of the history behind her life. it's still a work in progress. the local council has bid for government funding to pay for it, but money is also being

luxmy gopal, bbc news., i remember looking at them and, at first, going urgh. and then you get immune to them. you switch off from them, you really do. if the age limit had been 21 when i was 11 buying cigarettes, i wouldn't have ever got cigarettes. here in the north east there are thousands of patients like sue and figures from public health england suggest there are more deaths attributed to smoking in this region than anywhere else in england. it is why consultants like ruth sharrock welcome today's report. she says smoking has caused more damage here, where there are existing health inequalities. we have always been facing a hard deal in the north east with the burden of smoking—related disease. we have had a high prevalence of smokers across the patch and in communities around the hospital here in gateshead, where the prevalence is 25%, up to 30% in sunderland, and then covid has just grossly exacerbated the problems. the report says schemes to help people stop should be paid for by tobacco manufactur

our reporter luxmy gopal is at rhs garden wisley for us this morning.absolutely stunning, good morning. tell us briefly a little bit about what this centre is about. this is all about gardening science, we are _ this is all about gardening science, we are standing on the well—being garden _ we are standing on the well—being garden which is one of three new gardens— garden which is one of three new gardens here. the well—being garden is to look— gardens here. the well—being garden is to look at— gardens here. the well—being garden is to look at getting some proper science _ is to look at getting some proper science behind gardening being good for our— science behind gardening being good for our mental health, making us feel good — for our mental health, making us feel good. as gardeners we know it feels great — feel good. as gardeners we know it feels great to spend time in the garden — feels great to spend time in the garden. what are the plant colours, the textures, the sound, what do people _ the textures, the sound, what do people respond to most? as

launching a fundrising drive today to coincide with the first anniversary of the singer's death, as luxmy gopalsilience. the forces sweetheart, dame vera lynn's most popular songs looked ahead to the prospect of peace and welcoming home the troops. now, a permanent tribute to her is being planned in the iconic landscape of which she sang. dame vera is the white cliffs. that's what everybody thinks, don't they?. the two just go together. and so it's just the perfect place to put this memorialfor her. the idea is for an amphitheatre for live events in an area called the western heights with artwork by a sculptor whose designs have previously caught her critical eye. what was lovely about dame vera was that she pulled no punches when she was criticising and commenting on my work. and in fact, one moment in particular stands out where she looked at my supposedly female ferry pilot and she said, "she's far too masculine to be female ferry pilot. "we were very glamorous during the war" and i felt obliged to change the modelling on the face there and then to meet dame vera's high standards. as well as

luxmy gopal reports.e, in which a beautiful girl kisses a frog and he turns into a princess. diana moved to this car from a mini metro, which was a car that she owned. of course, the mini metro was a fairly cheap car back in the day. and this was an escort. it's the game model, which is the most expensive model, the highest street model. bit of a step up, if i'm honest. the old fleet, if you like, of cars was used by the royal family for many years. diana had a succession of these. this was the first of three escorts that she had at different times for the past 20 years. the car's current owner kept its origins a secret. now, thanks to its royal connection, it's expected to fetch ten times what this model normally would at auction. nine careful owners, relatively low mileage given its age, and bidding begins at £30,000. and we've had inquiries from south america, from australia, from all around europe. there's been significant interest in it. and really, that's testament to diana's enduring legacy. and as

our reporter, luxmy gopal, has been to see an open water swimming group at the royal docks in east londontted the casualty he is in trouble and has done a throw rope rescue. he is pulling him to the site, then he will comfort him and get him out of the water safely. if will comfort him and get him out of the water safely.— the water safely. if somebody finds themselves — the water safely. if somebody finds themselves in _ the water safely. if somebody finds themselves in that _ the water safely. if somebody finds themselves in that situation, - the water safely. if somebody finds themselves in that situation, what | themselves in that situation, what should they do? if themselves in that situation, what should they do?— themselves in that situation, what should they do? if they are on their own, they should _ should they do? if they are on their own, they should stop _ should they do? if they are on their own, they should stop moving, - should they do? if they are on their own, they should stop moving, lay| should they do? if they are on their i own, they should stop moving, lay on the ba